Clothes-hanging attachment for trunks.



H. R. SHROYER.

CLOTHES HANGING ATTACHMENT FoR HuNKs.

I APPLICATION FILED MAYI?. 1915.

Patented out. 3,1916.

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CLOTHES-HANGING ATTACHMENT Fon TRUNKS.

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Be it known that I, HOWARD R. SHROYER, a citizen o-f the United States of America, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hanging Attachments for Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a-clothes hanging attachment for trunks and is designed for use in any style or kind of trunk, suitrao case, and the like, that is sufficiently large to receive the same, without the slightest alteration or change in the trunk, suitcase, or the like.

The invention comprises a light frame preferably of metal` hinged at one end to the wall of a trunk, preferably the end wall, and having a suitable support at its other end from which clothes hangers maybe suspended. The frame, because of its pivotal connection to the trunk, may be raised into vertical position thus permittingv one to readily place his clothes or remove them from the hangers without inconvenience, and after securing them to the attachment by suitable straps or other securing `means the frame may bellowered into the trunk where it preferably rests upon the bottom thereof. The frame and the clothes supported therefrom when lowered will lie below the ordinary cleats that support the well known tray, and when raised, the frame is rigidly sustained in anfup'right position by suitable braces.n When lowered the frame may be fastened to the bottom of the trunk by any suitable means such as straps which securely hold the attachment against movement. l

Another advantage possessed by this device is the ease with which it may be applied to any trunk without alteration in the trunk, and removed therefrom, leaving the trunk in its original condition. All that is necessary Ato secure the attachment in place is to screw or-bolt the frame hinges against an end wall of the trunk and fasten the braces and straps on the bottomof the same. Thus rigged the attachment is ready for use, and when desired, the screws or bolts Specification of Letters Patent.l 'Y

Patented oet. a, i916.

Application led May 17, 1915. Serial No. 28,569.`

may be withdrawn and the attachment removed from the trunk and stored or placed in another trunk.

The-device is simple, light and being of skeleton formation occupies little'- room in the trunk and holds ones clothes smoothly andv securely in place' and prevents them from being crushed and wrinkled as is the case when packed in the ordinary manner.

` In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of an open trunk of well known construction provided with the improved clothes hanging attachment which is shown folded within .the trunk, the clothes hangers and follower being omitted for clearness of illustration; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a trunk with the clothes hanging attachment raised toL upright position, two hangers and the follower being in position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment removed from the trunk. Fig. 4 is a side view of the top of the attachment. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the means for fastening the clothes hanging attachment in elevatedposition. Fig. 6 is a plan view showing a modified form of the top of the ,clothes hanging attachment. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a `modified form of mounting the attachment in a trunk. Figs. 8 and 9v are views showing other modified forms of mounting the attachment. Figs. 10 and 11 show a further modified form of my invention.

In the drawings the clothes hanging attachment comprises a frame preferably of v light sheet metal formed of two main sideI ends of the side bars may be secured, .as by 'rivets to an overhanging supporting bar l 21 which may be of substantially U shaped inwardly toward each other, see.. Fig. 1, and

project a short distance from the arms; Braces24 may be employed to firmly'support the arms 22, said braces being secured any other suitable means.

c bar 27 the ends of which rest on the arms to the side bars and the arms by rivets or The arms 22V are designed to support clothes hangers 25 and a follower 26, each clothes hanger is shown as fastened to a 22 and are preferably notched as at 28 on the under edges to engage over the upper edges of said arms and prevent the bar slipping therefrom but permitting the bar to have, a sliding'movement on said arms. It

is Vobvious that in lieu of notches 28 suit?- able hooks or other expedints may be employed. The follower 26 which may be a light open frame of wood or a solid strip of wood or other material is also suspended from the arms 22 by means of suitable suspension elements such as the hooks 29 secured to the upper ends of the follower and projecting laterally therefrom. The hangers 25 and follower 26 are suspended from the arms in the manner described to permit easy removal or insertion in place as the quantityof clothin'l demands, but to hold the hooked ends o? these parts oh the arms a suitable means is employed such as a strap 30 of any suitable material which is placed over the hooks or notched ends on each side and fastened tightly to the'bar 21 and the extremities, 23 thus keeping the hangers and follower fromslipping or be-Y ling jarred out of place. A sheet of card board, liber, orother suitable tough, light material 31 is secured to the `cross bar- 17' 32 and 33- are passed through slots 34 inthe side bars 15,16 and are of lsuiicient length to lbe brought around the follower vand fastened by buckles, thus'preventing any movement of the clothing sup orted packed. My improved clothes hanging attachment may be held-in position at the bottom of the trunk by straps 35 secured to the interior of the trunk invany suitable manner and which pass around the attachment .when

it is folded within thetrunk. These straps.

prevent the attachment moving on its pivots when the trunk is in transit and is subjected to incidental ars, blows, etc.

The bent ends 18 and 19 of the side bars 15 and 16 are preferably ofb such length that when the attachment is folded in the trunk A, as in dotted lines Fig. 2, it will rest on the bottom'thereof and the hinged members 20 will be below the tray cleat a. The arms 22 are preferably of such length that their ends 23 do not project above the adjacent tray cleat, the attachment thus offering no impediment orobstruction to the usual tray with which trunks are generally provided.

When the clothes hanging attachment is raised into vertical position as in full4 lines Fig. 2, the hangersv will be in convenient position for placing clothes thereon or rc moval therefrom, and when so raised it may be held in` elevated position as, by two l side bars and locks the attachment elevated.;

Upon disconnecting the off-sets from the pin, the attachment may-be folded into the trunk, thev pins sliding readily in the slots 37.

In lieu of the U shaped supporting bar 21 with arms 22 and inturned ends 23 I may employ a'rectangular frame 40 which may be secured to the upper ends ofthe side bars as by rivets, see Fig. 6, to support the bars'27 of the coat hangers 25. If desired, bars 41 may be extended across the frame 40 and hangers 25 of well known design provided with wire hooks 42 may be Ysuspended therefrom. In this form of my invention it is not necessary to have a specially formed coat hanger but a common well known hanger as above described, may be employed. j

Fig. 7 shows a modified means of mounting the clothes hanging attachment in the trunk and comprisesa link 43 pivoted to" each side bar 15a a short distance fromv its lower end, and to the trunkl each side bar having a pin 44'projecting laterally from its lower end that slides in a slotted plate 45 fastened horizontally to the respectiife.

sides of the trunk near the bottom. When the attachment is brought to upright position the pins '44 drop in offsets 46 from the slots in the plates 45 and lock the attach-- ment immovable.

' In Fig. 8 the bent ends 1'7b vof the side bars 15b are hinged `yto upright posts 47 losV fastened on'the bottom of the trunk; ,while rectlyr to the sides of the trunk just below the plane of the tray cleats a. Hinged and slotted braces 36, similar to those described,

vin Fig. 9 pins 48 hinge the side bars, '15dil engage pins 39 in the sidebars of both forms-and hold the attachment upright.

In the forni shown in Figs. 10 and l1 I may employ a frame comprising a main member 60 which may be bentJ forwardly at its upper and lower ends to provide the eX- tensions 61 and 62, the extension 62 being hinged to one end of the trunk near the upper end thereof but below the cleat a. Any

suitable means may be employed to maintain the frame in an upright position but I have employed the supporting member 63 having outwardly turned ends 64 which are adapted for travel in suitable guidewa'ys 65 arranged along the sides of the trunk. The forward ends of these guideways. 65 are provided with notches 66 in which the ends 643may be seated to maintain the frame elevated. The supporting member 63 may be pivotally attached to the frame as by the bent strap 67. The coat hangers and the follower may be suspended from the upper extension/61 of the frame 60 as will be obvious, the free end of the extension being up-turned as at 68 to prevent the coat hangers, etc., from sliding ofi".y rlhe frame 6l is provided with upper and lower cross bars 69 and 70 to which the fiber board 3ld may be attached. Upper and lower straps 32d and 33r1 may befemployed to hold the clothes and follower securely in position.

It will be seen that my clothes hanging attachment is simple -and linexpensive and may be readily applied to any trunk suit case, or the like, suiiiciently large to receive it and without change or alteration of said trunk or suit case. The clothes are held smoothly and immovably by the straps 32 and 33between the follower 26 and the sheet 31 and when turned down into the trunk the attachment and clothes lie entirely below the tray cleats and out of the way of the tray.Y

When elevated the braces 36 hold the attachment rigid with the garment hangers atsuch height as to be in convenient. position for handling while standing Aerect and upon loosening the straps 32 and 33 the clothes will be suspended in natural position from the hangers 25 and free from pressure in any direction just as in4 any ordinary wardrobe.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a trunk having rigid side and endl walls and provided with the usual tray supporting cleats, a clothes hangingfranne pivotally mounted within the trunk at one' end frame in lowered position within the trunk.

2. A clothes hanging attachment comprising a frame including side bars that have their lower ends bent outward and provided with hinge members adapted to be fastened within any trunk or like clothes receptacle, a support rigidly attached to the opposite end of the frame and overhanging-the same, a plurality of clothes hangers and a follower removably carried by said support, means for holding the attachment in elevated position above the trunk, and means for securing the same when folded thereinto.

3. A clothes hanging attachment comprising a frame formed with a pair of side bars bent. at right angles at one end and fastened at its other end to a U shaped supporting bar, hinge members pivoted on the extremities of the bent ends adapted to be fastened within a trunk orthe like, a locking brace adapted to be hinged at the bottom of the trunk and engage and hold said frame when elevated, a plurality of clothes-hangers each secured to a bar having notched ends to engage 'and be sustained by said supporting bar, a follower i also depending from said supporting bar, and means for retaining the follower and hangers on said bar.

4. A clothes hanging` attachment comprising a rectangular frame`formed with a pair of side bars bent at' right angles at one end and fastened at its other end to a U shaped supporting bar having parallel side arms, hinge members pivoted on the extremities of the bent ends of the side bars adapted to be arms.

5. In combination with a trunk having tray supporting cleats,v a frame adapted to be hingedly supported at one end within the trunk whereby it may be raised above the trunk and folded thereinto, hmge supports for said framesecured at one end of the trunk below the tray supporting cleats, means at the other end of the frame for supporting a plurality of coat hangers, the upf per end of said means lterminating short of thel tray cleatsfwhen the frame is folded within the trunk, means for supporting the frame in elevated position and meansV for securing the frame within the trunk.

6. In combination with a trunk having tray supporting cleats and a-tray supported thereon, a clothes hanging frame hinged at one end within the trunk and adapted to be raised upright above the same and folded thereinto, the hinges for said frame being located at one end of the trunk below the cleats, means at the other end of the frame for supporting a plurality of coat hangers, said for supporting the frame in elevated posi.- tion. y

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

HOWARD R. SHROYER. Witnesses:

R. N. CARNEY, FERRYV SMITH. 

